05/10/2015

The course of Joseph Smith's life was defined early when, as he alleged, in the Spring of 1820, when Joseph was only 14 years old, God and His son, Jesus Christ, appeared to Joseph in answer to prayer offered in a grove of trees in upstate New York. That event is the foundational event of Mormonism, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Milton Backman's collection and critical review of the known written accounts of Joseph's "First Vision" is an important and timeless contribution to Mormon studies.

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